Doug Kalitta, Austin Prock, and Greg Anderson secured two top spots on the second day of qualifying for the 18th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals when they won #2Fast2Tasty titles and held on to their top qualifying spots on the final day of qualifying. 

The bikes featured Ricky Gadson as the Mission Challenge Pro Stock Bike winner, while Matt Smith remained the top qualifier from his Friday performance. 

Kalitta's #2Fast2Tasty win marked his first of the year, and he did so by going 3.703 seconds at a track-record 337.16 mph to defeat Antron Brown’s 3.755. I

Friday’s track-record run of 3.692 held up, handing the veteran his fourth No. 1 qualifier of the season and 57th in his career. He opens eliminations against Kyle Wurtzel, looking for his second straight win and third in the past four races.

“This just gets you ready on Saturday to go racing, and we're having fun. I think all the drivers – and definitely me – we enjoy having the Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty race and the format,” Kalitta said.

“The track turned out to be in great shape and the conditions were perfect to put down good numbers. The way my car is running, I’m just trying to get into a good routine. I'm certainly working at that and trying my best to be consistent. So far this weekend, I've been pretty steady, and I'm looking forward to tomorrow.”

Prock continued to wave the John Force Racing banner. His win, which came at the expense of Bob Tasca III, marked his third this season in the specialty event. He stopped the clocks with a 3.853-second elapsed time at 330.55 in his 11,000-horsepower AAA Chevrolet Camaro SS. Tasca left the starting line first and delivered a strong 3.882, but Prock tracked him down to stay on an impressive pace in the Funny Car ranks.

Prock retained his No. 1 qualifier status, his seventh No. 1 in the first ten races of the season. If he can clean sweep the event on Sunday, it will be his third straight this season. 

“This feels really good, and we're very blessed to be in this situation,” Prock said. “It's a lot of hard work that goes into making these race cars run like this one has this year. I've said it all year, hats off to my guys, they're making it easy on me. I can go up there and I believe in my car, and they're giving me opportunities every weekend. It's definitely helped my learning curve.

“It's been a great year; the hard work is showing. Growing up, there was always a saying, 'races are won in the shop.' We get to the racetrack and we're prepared, our ducks are in a row and we've got a good notebook. We're just executing that and trying to race smart and make smart decisions, then leave it up to me to let the pedal out and stomp the gas. It's all been working out.”

J.R. Todd was second with a 3.865 at 332.02, while defending event winner Blake Alexander jumped to third after going 3.874 at 328.14 in the final session.

Anderson made his clean sweep complete by beating rival Erica Enders, it was his second victory in the specialty event. He missed out on winning the program last year, but has two this season. Anderson ran a 6.595 at 204.94 to defeat longtime rival Enders. 

“This has been a great week. I got here on Wednesday morning, spent all day at Summit and got to chat with all the great employees again. It was great to see them all and it fires you up, it makes you feel good,” Anderson said.

“To come over here to Summit Motorsports Park with the wrap I have on my car, it's just a proud weekend for me. We're off to a great start and we had another great day today. The car ran great, and we found our way to another Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge win. I guess we're figuring that deal out. It's all good and a great tune-up for tomorrow. The Summit Racing Equipment Nationals, that's what I'm looking forward to, that's the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for me. I just really, really hope that I can come out tomorrow feeling as well as I did today. I'm looking forward to it.”

Enders, the defending world champion, remained second, but improved to a 6.601 at 207.15, making that run in the specialty race final. Deric Kramer’s 6.605 at 208.17 from Friday handed him the third spot.

In Pro Stock Motorcycle, Richard Gadson enjoyed a special moment, picking up his first win in the Mission #2Fast2Tasty after going 6.819 at 196.87 on his RevZilla/Mission Foods/Vance & Hines Suzuki against John Hall, who beat Gaige Herrera in the opening round. Gadson took down Hector Arana Jr. earlier in the day, getting past Hall’s 6.857 in the finals.

"That round right there, that was big for me, to avenge my teammate. That was big. Before I walked out of the trailer, Gaige said to me, 'Go do what I couldn't do.' That was a little booster," Gadson said. "I'm having a blast, and I just want to thank Mission Foods and NHRA for doing this. It gets the juices flowing before Sunday. I love it. 

"It gets you into race mode, and you start to find your spot; you start to learn how your bike is reacting and how you're reacting. Typically, you might not be worried about that stuff in qualifying, but it gets you amped up and into race mode. I love the format."

Matt Smith earned his third No. 1 qualifier in the past four races, as his track-record run of 6.748 at 201.31 from Friday on his Denso Auto Parts/Matt Smith Racing Buell easily held up. The six-time world champion enjoyed another strong effort in qualifying and will now to look to pick up his first win since September of last year. Since then, Herrera has won the past ten races, but Smith has plenty of momentum heading into Sunday’s eliminations.

“We've been No. 1 two other times before this, but we have to get it done on Sunday. We have not done that this year like we need to," Smith said. "Hopefully, we can do that tomorrow. Tomorrow is going to be a totally different day from what it looks like. It's going to be cooler and a lot drier. We're just trying to get an MSR bike in the final and see if we can win this thing tomorrow."

Angie Smith qualified second with a 6.798 at 200.26, while Herrera took third with a 6.799 at 198.88.

Eliminations for the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals begin at 11 a.m. ET on Sunday at Summit Motorsports Park.